About VeylorCraft
VeylorCraft is where I build things that don't quite fit anywhere else.
My name is Tom Jensen. By day I work in critical infrastructure operations in Norway — technical, high-stakes, no room for error. I have a Master's in Applied Physics, so precision is kind of baked in.
Outside of work, I write, and I build. Under the name Kade Veylor, I write fiction — historical and sci-fi stories where the stakes are real, and the worlds pull you in. Iron Shores, Chasing Shadows, Life on Mars. I also write non-fiction under the name Alex Veylor — Stop Overspending, The Mind We Made — because the technical side of my brain doesn't switch off when the story does.
On top of that, I build tools. MapRates and FootballGlobe both started as personal problems I couldn't find good solutions for, so I built them myself.
VeylorCraft is the place where all of that lives. Not a company. Not a brand. Just one person who can't stop making things.
What I've Built
It started with books. Stories where history bends and the stakes feel real — and non-fiction that takes complex topics and makes them actually readable.
Iron Shores
What if the Vikings never left Vinland? An alternate history where one decision reshapes a continent.
Chasing Shadows: The Trader's Gamble
High-stakes sci-fi where one trader's gamble could change everything.
Life on Mars
Thriving on Mars, one dusty low-gravity day at a time. The reality of building a life on the red planet.
The Mind We Made
A clear-eyed look at human-AI collaboration — and what we risk when thinking becomes optional.
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Then I got curious about building apps. MapRates was the first real project — a currency converter that visualises exchange rates on an interactive globe. I got tired of losing money on bad rates while travelling, so I built something that actually makes currency data visual and easy to understand.
Now I'm working on a few other things:
- MapRates — live exchange rates on an interactive map, 100+ currencies, built for travellers who want to understand the numbers before spending
- FootballGlobe — a travel tool for football fans who want to explore stadiums and plan trips around matches (still in beta)
- Toolkit — a growing set of small, focused utilities that solve specific problems
Some of these will become real products. Some won't. That's part of the process — you build, you learn what works, and sometimes you pivot. No shame in that.
Why This Exists
I'm curious about what happens when you give someone with a physics background access to modern AI tools and a few decades of hands-on computer experience. Can you build something genuinely useful? Something elegant? Something that actually helps people instead of just adding more noise to the internet?
VeylorCraft is my attempt to answer that. Right now it's personal — a space to learn, experiment, and occasionally ship something worth using. The fun part is the building.
I enjoy taking complex information — currency rates, historical what-ifs, the reality of living somewhere extreme — and making it accessible. If someone reads one of my books and looks something up at midnight, or uses one of my apps and actually gets it, that's a good day.
What's Next
More books, better tools, and figuring out what people actually need versus what I find interesting to build. That's the eternal challenge.
I'm also thinking seriously about how AI fits into all this — not in the hype way, but in the "how can this genuinely make apps smarter and more helpful" way. We'll see where that goes.
If you're into building things, data visualisation, or just want to follow along, feel free to reach out. Always happy to connect with fellow makers.
Check out all the apps, browse the books, or search for Kade Veylor or Alex Veylor on Amazon.